Reaction rates for the four main nuclear reactions involving ¹²C and ¹⁶O. Top left: Rates from deBoer et al. (2017) normalised to Kunz et al. (2002) reference for the ¹²C(α, γ)¹⁶O reaction. The grey hatched areas indicate the temperature ranges where core and shell He-burning occur in the GENEC rotating model explored mass range. For the rest of the panels, nuclear reaction rates are taken from CF88 (black), HIN(RES (blue), and TDHF (magenta), all normalised to the CF88 rates (N_A < σv> _CF88). Shaded areas (with corresponding colour codes) indicate the temperature ranges where core and shell C-burning and core O-burning take place in the 15 and 17 M_⊙ GENEC rotating models.